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37 Comments
Great project! Love the paint job on your drills!!
Instead of screws you could have clamped the stretchers to the legs since they are parallel with the inside of the leg
Thanks, Steve! Appreciate your videos. As soon as I get the cast off my hand, I’m going to take your course. I may splurge and use cedar instead of 2×4
Great video. Love your style. Where did you get the tie/dyed drill and driver?
One trick I've used (I think I saw it first on Jay Bates' channel) is to use screws to clamp boards in place then after the glue dries remove the screws and replace them with dowels. Makes a very strong joint and dowels are cheaper and prettier than screws.
I humbly suggest that you might want to invest in a counter sink drill bit set. They drill the pilot hole (with a tapered drill bit), a counter sink, and, depending on how far you go, a counter bore, all in one step. You can buy descent 4-pc sets, with depth stop collars and plug cutter bits, that handle #6, 8, 10, and 12 screw sizes for under $25 (Amazon). The counter bores are 3/8" diameter for the #6, 8, 10 drills and 1/2" diameter for the #12 screws. Very handy widgets to have in a wood working shop.
I have to tease you a LITTLE bit on the stain…you could’ve gone with orange paint and gotten the same results! But I like this a lot. Feels like a project even I could do, provided I had the space.
You have no idea how good you make me feel knowing that people like you still make mistakes. You give hope to all of us who lose focus once in a while or get distracted with one thing and mess up another. Thank you for letting us see that we are all mere mortals.
I was trying to get your attention but you couldn't hear me. I saw that as your gluing the stretchers 1 of the leg assemblies was reversed.
I feel like that “oh shoot” maybe have been edited 😂
Nice project sir! I might have to steal this one
Steve, I sand the residue off my melamine bench with my ROS Nice bench.
using duct tape to hold in a janky adapter to a ryobi saw, don't see that often on youtube.. love it
I don't know why you have cut down on upload frequency, and I don't usually like a video that is this long, but I enjoyed you showing the challenge you ran into. I may have removed the legs from one side, and cut the runner a bit… and not bought more wood. Either way, good to see you and glad you did a nice little project for us.
That was a fun project
Loved hearing that throwback music!
Here I am at 15:48 staring at the pocket screw holes thinking "Steve is going to teach us about mistakes today." lol
Nice video, Steve. I purchased the weekend woodworker course and I am working on getting my shop set up after I get home from Hawaii. I'm most of the way done with the workbench and the table saw stand and once those are done I'm starting the first project and I can't wait!
10 degrees is too much..should be 7 degrees.. old Amish measurement..
Nice to be rich !!
What is the miter gauge brand you are using, mine is factory and cheap made.
I started to yell, Hey wait! Turn the leg around! I guess you couldn’t hear me.😊
I did not know about the nail/paint can trick. I will remember it however!!
Have you ever used CA glue to "clamp" things while the good glue dries? I've had good luck with this. If you don't position it quite right, the CA glue can be dislodged with a few good smacks of a wooden mallet if you didn't use a gallon of it. Sometimes this is enough; other times it's just to keep it from sliding away while you get actual clamps in place.
I love projects that do multiple things; this one got you a bench and a bunch of paint sticks!
Great video; thanks for posting. Your (and your wife's and cats') garden is very beautiful.
Steve: Look what I did here…
Me: I KNOW! I'VE BEEN TRYING TO TELL YOU FOR 5 MINUTES!!!
that probably says more about me
20$ ??? Where do you get lumber that cheap?
Out of interest, why don't you use your zero clearance plate on the table saw all the time? ie: just leave it in there?
Maybe next time cut yourself a couple of 10 degree wedges that would fit up against
those 10 degree boards making them square and then they would clamp like any other you were trying to clamp w / o needing the screws.
I put a construction staple in there to keep the pieces from sliding during glue up. I break it off the strip of staples, and just lay it over, then when you clamp it down the clamp compresses the staple in there and keeps the two pieces from slipping. Doesn't even cost a cent to have it in there.
@13:36 OMG that whole glue up I was watching hoping he'd turn around the closer set of legs so the pocket holes were on the correct side.
The nail-paint can tip was worth the entire 29:25 mins it took to watch.
Another great video. These simple project videos are what helped build your channel. This will be my next project. Keep it up.
ive been here a long time …. noticed you painted over the purple spos on the wall with white
15:22. Am I the only one screaming to turn it around and turn it around?
when it came to clamping those sides on (Around 15 minutes in the video), could you have clamped the legs down to the work bench to stop them sliding up like they were?
Fantastic video. I love the bench.
Love your build videos, thanks for posting this!!
Great video Steve!
I kept screaming at the screen as you started apply glue when I noticed your "bigger problem". Guess watching you do it is easier than doing it myself 😅 The discovery garden is super nice, btw….
Nice project Steve and looks nice. I do like that you include your little stuff ups and how you fix them, brings a genuine and realistic quality to your videos.
17:00 I wondering if that was an error or design feature!